Mid-Tour Leave

I have been home on leave for a week. I was amazed at the work that my wife Tammy and my son Jake put into the house and yard while I was deployed. The yard looks better than I was ever able to make it look. This next week we have a great camping trip planned with family and friends to Kodachrome Basin State Park in southern Utah. Jake mentioned that he has been looking forward to this trip for a long time, but now that it is almost here, he sort of wishes it wasn't because it means that once the trip is over, I head back overseas for my final 3.5 months.